RELATIVE CLAUSES EXERCISES 2 Bachillerato

1. Write the relative pronoun in these sentences. In which cases can we omit the relative?

1. The British are almost the only people .. drive on the left
2. Canada, . capital city is Ottawa, is a bilingual country.
3. The resource . Saudi Arabia is famous for is oil.
4. The language . is dominant in South America is Spanish.
5. Most of the Americans .I know are from California.
6. The Japanese, .. electronics industry is very efficient, have a big export market.
7. The Shetland Islands, . lie halfway between Scotland and Norway, can be reached by
sea or air from Aberdeen.
8. Tourist who travel to Russia must apply for a visa.

2. Add commas where necessary

1. St. Mary's Church which we visited yesterday is very old.
2. Mr Robinson whom I met at the trade fair is a famous inventor.
3. The guy that I met was very friendly.
4. Bicycles which are very popular are a cheap means of transport.
5. The deal which she has made will make her very rich.
6.He did the decorating in his flat which is the same size as mine.
7. My brother- in-law who is unemployed at the moment has asked me to find a job.
8. The doctor who treated him was very professional

3. Write the prepositions in brackets in the correct position in the sentence.

1. The books that we were looking were very expensive. (at)
2. The social group which we are referring is the upper middle class. (to) (Formal style)
3. Many of the people he was speaking are still alive. (about)
4. The city that he comes is Edinburgh. (from)
5. In front of them was a ladder, which they climbed. (up)
6. The man I have been working in the past few days in an Apple technician. (with)
7. The lawyers examined a large number of documents, which they found the contract. (among)
(Formal style)
8. The date which applications should be sent is January 1
st
. (by) (Formal Style)
4. Write sentences 1,3,4,5 and 6 from exercise 3 in formal style
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5. Rewrite the story below joining each pair of sentences. In each case change the second sentence
into a relative clause. Add commas where necessary.

1. Fred joined a gang of robbers. He needed some extra money quickly.
2. The gang were planning a robbery.The robbery would make them all rich.
3. They were going to rob a bank. The bank was in the center of the city.
4.The bank was in a busy street. The bank had a lot of business.
5. The plans for the robbery were carefully prepared. The gang had made these plans.
6. Fred was nervous. He had never done anything so dangerous before.
7. The evening before the robbery Fred went to a pub, He knew that pub.
8. Fred mentioned the job to a barman. Fred was very excited.
9. A man got up and left the pub. He had been sitting in the corner.
10. The next day in the bank the robbers found a dozen policemen. The policemen were waiting for
them.
11. The judge gave Fred five years. The judge was a kind man.


6. Complete the sentences. Use relative clauses

1. Will you give me the newspaper..?
2. She met a man whose
3 Cricket is a sport.
4. I found a place
5. The cit y in ..
6 Nobody understood the reason.
7. I grew up at a time when .
8. The house where ..
9. My dad, , lives in London.
10. She is studying maths, ..